I suppose this goes back to the old question of "what is folk music?" and, in addition, what is a "folk club"?
There are some clubs that embrace folk music as "music of the folk" and others that believe it should be exclusively traditional in content.
Performers like Richard Dawson will seriously challenge most peoples perception of what "folk" music is. Hammering on acoustic and electric guitars in equal measure and even bordering on "prog-rock" at times, but always true to the tenets of "folk" music in his story telling.
There are plenty of other examples of artists occupying prime slots in the "folk" scene who see the solid body guitar as just another instrument.
After all, there's plenty of different ways to play a solid body guitar without using an overdrive pedal.
Go for it Big Al!